40.9% ▲ +121.0%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wallsend - Elermore Vale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Wallsend - Elermore Vale
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A surge in people reporting no faith is the main story for Wallsend - Elermore Vale, where 40.9% of residents now identify as non-religious. This reflects a significant shift in the local community, with this figure climbing 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 48.7%, though the share of people with no religion is now well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Other faiths are less common, with Islam at 2.4%, Hinduism at 1.1% and Buddhism at 0.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wallsend - Elermore Vale, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 18.2%
- Anglican 13.5%
- Other Christian 5.6%
- Uniting Church 3.9%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
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- No religion 40.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Wallsend - Elermore Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111031233/wallsend-elermore-vale/topic/religion